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What’s awesome about it? It’s not too bad (at least it’s not lit like a Christmas tree), but I’m not sure it’s an awesome UI. Looks like an extremely boring conventional one.

That G-force thing is a gimmick. You already know the ballpark without even looking, and unlike speed I’m not sure what’s the use case for precise readings.

Reminds me of old airplane or spacecraft instruments and i like those. Also the XY layout is pretty elegant.
>What’s awesome about it?

The fact that it's extremely boring and conventional?

>That G-force thing is a gimmick. You already know the ballpark without even looking, and unlike speed I’m not sure what’s the use case for precise readings.

In this car? A gimmick, could maybe help someone who's trying to learn to drive a bit smoother. In a track car? Useful cornering data

An XY scatter plot of g forces on its own isn’t very useful, this is why multichannel analysis tools like i2 exist so you can look at things like lateral g vs yaw rate or steering angle.
Boring and conventional would be having physical controls on the wheel for volume, next/prev, ok/cancel etc.

So a complete lack of anything actually useful.

> The fact that it's extremely boring and conventional?

I’d say it’s normal, not awesome. Just not being the new normal (aka enshittified) is not sufficient to qualify.